Denovo Design prides itself on having a well-established track record of designing eco-friendly housing since the 1990s, and on having designed the first ‘Green’ housing development in Liverpool, and also the first on the Wirral.
The Practice has been fortunate enough to have been rewarded in its endeavours to produce sustainable developments, by scooping several National Environmental Awards . Please see the Awards page to see some our our achievements.
The Practice continues to update its knowledge in this specialism with membership of The Green Register of Construction Professionals , and participation in their national seminars, at which colleagues from other architectural practices in the area are present, thus allowing the positive exchange of ideas with like-minded professionals. We also arrange regular, ‘in-house,’ CPD seminars, with a strong focus on sustainability.
If you would like to discuss anything with us, please feel free to contact us or please call in for a coffee, a biscuit and a chat !
"AS A CONSTRUCTION PROFESSION, WE HAVE A RESPONSIBILITY TO LEAD THE WAY IN SUSTAINABLE DESIGN AND TO MINIMISE THE IMPACT THE INDUSTRY HAS UPON THE ENVIRONMENT" Frank Olchowski DIRECTOR
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Ashton-under-Lyne - Fitzroy Street for West Pennine Housing Association (Part of the Regenda Group)
New build housing development comprising ten (3 bed x 5 person) family houses and five (2 bed x 3 person) bungalows.
•Winner of the Green Apple Built Environment Award 2010.
•Runner-up in the 'Sustain' Awards 2010.
•Runner-up in the RICS Sustainability Award 2010.
•Winner of the 'Building for Life' Silver Standard '09.
•Winner of National Home Improvement Council Award 2009 for 'Best Private or Public Development using Recycled Urban Land or Buildings'.
•Nominated for the final six in the Housing in Excellence Award 2009 for 'Best New Affordable Housing Scheme of the Year'!
•Shortlisted for the Galvanizers' Association Awards '09.
•Achieved Very Good EcoHomes rating and Secured by Design accreditation. Designed to Lifetime Homes standard.
•Contract value £1.5m. Partnering contract with Lovell.
•Start date January 2008, completion December 2008.
•KPIs - Maximise use of sustainable materials; completion on programme and to budget.
Ashton-under-Lyne - Stockport Road for West Pennine Housing Association (Part of the Regenda Group)
New build housing development comprising five 3 bed x 5 person family houses
•Winner of the Silver Green Apple Award for the Built Environment 2009
•Achieved Very Good EcoHomes rating and Secured by Design accreditation, designed to Lifetime Homes standard.
•Contract value £600k. Partnering contract with Lovell.
•Start date March 2008, completion March 2009
•KPI sustainable design; completion to programme and budget. Minimum defects at handover.
•Incorporates green wall rear boundary and velux flat panel sun tunnels in roof cowls.
Ashton-under-Lyne - Marlborough Street for West Pennine Housing Association (Part of the Regenda Group)
New build housing development comprising fourteen 3 bed x 5 person family houses and five 2 bed x 3 person houses and four 2 bed x 3 person bungalows.
•Shortlisted for the Galvanizers' Association Awards '09
•Contract value £2.3m. Partnering contract with Lovell.
•Start date March 2008, completion June 2009.
•KPIs minimal defects at handover.
Great George Square for Maritime Housing Association
(Part of the Regenda Group)
•Winner of the National Gold Green Apple Award for the Built Environement 2007.
•£4m residential development, Great George Square, Liverpool 1, comprising 43 apartments and 6 houses in two separate blocks, fronting Great George Square.
•Includes retention of Grade II listed, 4- storey, Georgian façade.
•Design/build with Globe Management Services, (Manchester).
•Contract completed in October 2006.
Cardigan Road, New Brighton, Wirral for Wirral Methodist Housing Association
•Winner of: Daily Post Regional Property Award 2007 - 'Residential Development of the Year - Social Housing', Your Move Environmental Award 2007, National 'Silver' Green Apple Award for the Built Environment 2007, also Runner Up in 2 categories NHIC Annual Awards 2007, and a Groundworks Trust Certificate 2007
•Development on cleared infill site, New Brighton of 4 semi-detached bungalows, with specific disabled facilities.
•Energy-efficient, environmentally friendly, high quality, affordable housing.
•Contract Value:- £497,000.00 Partnered with Devonshire Developments.
•Started June 2005 - completed May 2006
•KPI - Partnering, technological innovation
Aveling Drive, Banks - for Cosmopolitan Housing Association
•New build housing development comprising a mix of twenty (3 bed x 5 person) houses and (2 bed x 3 person) bungalows for rent and for sale.
•Designed to achieve Very Good EcoHomes rating and Secured by Design accreditation; designed to Lifetime Homes standard.
•Contract value £ 2.2m. Design and Build contract with J Armor Ltd.
•Start date March 2008. Completion October 2009.
•KPI sustainable design; completion to programme and budget; minimum defects at handover.
•SUDS to new access roads and driveways.
Windsor Street, -for Cherry Mill
Former Owl and the Pussycat site, Egerton, for cosmopolitan
Craven Street, -for Wirral Methodist Housing Association
Pleasant Street - for Mount Pleasant Developments
•The project involved the repair and restoration of the Listed former Pleasant Street School building and conversion into 19No apartments, in conjunction with a new build development on the vacant corner site, to provide basement and ground floor commercial and retail units and 24No new apartments for sale.
•The area between these two developments contains hard and soft landscaping to provide the associated car parking, cycle stands, bin stores and communal amenities.
•Contract Value/Type:- £5.5M - Traditional Procurement
•Contractor - W H Snow
Ivyhurst Manor, Liverpool 17 - for Darby Macy Developments
•Winner of a prestigious international 'Green Apple' Award for the Built Environment & Architecture Heritage 2006.
•Conversion and adaptation of Grade II listed former Grange Hotel into apartments, with the demolition of a large insensitive hotel extension in the grounds enabling development of a further 6 new apartments
•Particular care was given to preserving period features: during construction local craft skills were utilised in fields such as lead-work and decorative plasterwork.
•Contract Value/Type:- £1.3M Design/Build, with Globe Management Services, the Contractor
•Contract completed September 2005
Allerton Road, Liverpool for private client
•Extensive new build private residential on a large plot with extensive landscaping
•Large 6 bed property in a leafy suburb of Liverpool
•Demolition of run down existing property
Unite the Union office, Cardiff
Works involve the complete fit out and update of the former TGWU office in Cardiff.
